SpeakSafe: Overview on the Work of Prevention of Exploitation of Youth in Marin County.

Marlene Capra is the Founder and Executive Director of SpeakSAFE: Save Adolescents from Exploitation that
aims to fund and implement a collaborative approach to provide preventative education on human trafficking
and exploitation of youth in the Bay Area. In addition to managing all aspects of the program, Marlene
personally conducts trainings in conjunction with a youth team, many of whom are survivors of abuse. Both in
person and on social media, they present on exploitation and the victimization of youth and what support is
needed to encourage them to find their voices and come forward, enabling them to find assistance and
healing. Through this forum, survivors have mobilized their voices in partnership to make lasting change while
working together on this initiative. Hence, SpeakSAFE.

Marlene will be discussing what is exploitation/human trafficking, what does this really mean?
We will talk about our prevention work in Marin and the Bay Area, and how this crime affects
the health of our youth and families in our county. More importantly we will touch on what
“we” can do to protect those in our community and those we know and love.